Celebrating, Connecting, and Supporting Women Entrepreneurs
by Donna Amos | Featured Contributor If your business strategy includes inbound marketing, business blogging is essential. If you’re new to inbound marketing or blogging, you may have some questions. Why should your website have a blog? What is it? Why do we do it? What's the goal of it all? According to HubSpot, “Business blogging is a marketing tactic that uses blogging to get your business more online visibility. A business blog is a marketing channel (just like social media, direct ...
by Jackie Burke | Featured Contributor I started my business, Tini Lux, as a side hustle. Tini Lux is the first line of fashion jewelry made with metals that are compatible with the human body. At the time, I had not worn earrings for years because they caused extremely painful reactions. I really wanted a…
Photo by William White on Unsplash by Anna McAfee | Featured Contributor Offline communities have immense value when building know-like-trust relationships. For brands and individuals they really help showcase more of who you are and what you do. Offline communities grow brand advocacy, build your audience and help retain customers. With so many events in the calendar though…
by Elaine Slatter | Featured Contributor Last week I was pacing up and down my kitchen rehearsing for an hour presentation on “standing out from the crowd”. A branding talk. My dilemma was how to connect with the audience. I had all the facts, but since I wrote a script and was trying to follow…
by Bryan Goodwin | Featured Contributor Ah! Mornings. They can be great or they can be the bane of your day. This can vary from day to day or morning to morning. Many self-help people tell you to have a morning routine. Often these guru’s tell you what they do for their morning routine. Many…
by Casi Yost | Featured Contributor I first heard about these two books over podcasts. Are you surprised? By now you shouldn’t be. The first is the “Artists Way” by Julia Cameron This book is what allowed me to creatively break through to get to the mindset where I needed to be to actually take…
by Dr. R. Kay Green | Featured Contributor When it comes to women leaders, be they business owners or politicians, we still have a lot of work to do. Certainly, we have made strides in recent years. A recent study shows that 40 percent of businesses are owned by women, a large leap from 29…
by Melissa Stewart This was my second year at SuiteWorld and while I was wowed by last year’s keynotes from Rachel Zoe, Chief Executive Officer, Rachel Zoe, Inc. and Kara Goldin, Founder & CEO, Hint Inc., it was a little booth the Oracle/NetSuite put together that stole the show and my heart. Did I mention…
How to Get Rid of Impostor Syndrome Have you ever feel like everything you have is because of luck? Like some sort of random events took you where you are right now. You have that constant feeling of being underprepared… like you are not good enough and people are going to find the “truth” behind…
by Melitta Campbell Starting a new business is exciting! It’s also a time when your doubts and insecurities can go into overdrive. This is normal. It’s important for you to understand that. All entrepreneurs experience some level of doubt and fear when starting out. The important thing is not to let your fears hold you…
We all want to live and work in a Smart City, right? There are images of Smart Cities everywhere, from Alphabet’s (Google’s parent company) Quayside to smart cities around the world. What makes a city Smart? And how small businesses benefit from getting SmartER. There is no single definition for what a Smart City is…
by Jacqueline Cofield Engaging the arts can have reap greater benefits than you might imagine and it doesn’t require becoming a professional artist or having any prior knowledge. You’d be surprised to learn how many people have landed opportunities such as jobs, or meeting the love of their life at an art show, performance or…
by Jackie Burke | Featured Contributor When I started my business in 2017 I didn’t know anything about running a business. I did as much research as I could before I launched, but that is no substitute for real-life experience. My business is Tini Lux, a digitally native, direct to consumer jewelry brand that specializes…